we are not friends anymore

In the album that Qiao Mingyue gave Qiao Mingxi when she was young, there was a story like this:

A lonely little boy, walking alone in the endless desert.

One day, he picked up a kite, he thought, it was the kite that was coming to guide him.So he pulled the long kite line and set off with the kite.

The kite took him forward non-stop, and they walked through the sunset and sunrise together.The little boy talks to the kite every day, like a good friend for many years.

But the kite flew higher and farther, and the long string could no longer restrain his flying speed.

Finally one day, the long line came to an end, and even though the little boy tugged hard, the kite flew away in his hand and disappeared from his sight.

The little boy knelt in the desert, crying loudly.

He cried for a long time, from sunrise to sunset, from the dawn to the sky full of stars.Until the mountains and rivers flow away, the desert turns into an oasis, and his body disappears into the world, just as lonely as when he came.

Qiao Mingxi felt that he was the little boy who pulled the kite string too tightly and cut himself bleeding.

When Qiao Mingyue passed by Qiao Mingxi's room, the door was open. Qiao Mingxi was standing in front of the locker in a daze. She called him, "Axi, let's go."

Qiao Mingxi came back to his senses, took out something from the top floor of the locker, put it in his bag, and then went out of the room and closed the door.

He pushed Qiao Mingyue downstairs, and Xing Yao was already waiting at the entrance.Mr. Huo has lived in Hong Kong City for the past few years, and they will take Qiao Mingyue's private plane there early this morning.

When Xing Yao was in the car, she turned her head to look at Qiao Mingxi several times, and when she got on the plane, she took out a concealer pen from her bag and handed it to Qiao Mingxi: "Your dark circles are so heavy, cover them up, and you will be sure when you arrive." Someone's coming to take a picture of you."

Qiao Mingxi was stunned for a moment, with a dazed look on his face that he was not awake, Xing Yao laughed when he saw him like this, and just wiped it lightly under his eyes with her hands.

"Didn't sleep well last night?" Xing Yao asked, "No media would dare to go in to shoot Mr. Huo's birthday, but there must be more or less at the door. You can't let them think that you are not in good shape."

Qiao Mingxi's heart moved, but she just shook her head lightly: "It's okay, just a little insomnia."

Xing Yao smiled while collecting things: "So it's troublesome for you big stars to go out, but why is your skin so good, I'm so jealous."

While speaking, she gently pinched Qiao Mingxi's face, Qiao Mingxi said inarticulately: "Sister Yao is the prettiest."

Xing Yao withdrew her hand with a smile, and said a few more words to him, the plane took off slowly, and the whole cabin gradually became quiet.

Qiao Mingxi turned his head to look at the clouds outside the window, stretched out his hand and pulled down the sun visor, and all the soft white clouds disappeared from sight.He put his hand into the jacket bag, touched the cold things inside, and gently closed his eyes.

Huo Lao's birthday was held in his private garden. The old man had never been married in his life. Several lovers gave birth to three boys, four girls and seven children. The youngest one was almost the same age as his grandchildren.They all rushed back this time, but they didn't look like the master of the Huo family.

When the three of Qiao Mingxi arrived, many cars had already parked in the parking lot of the manor, and some people Qiao Mingxi knew and did not know all came. In the entertainment circle, apart from Lan Lingyu, the actress who had passed away, the rest of the people were Huo Lao. Escorting the legendary two kings and one queen, they all came early to talk with the old man.

Shen Jiaen dragged Lu Yuan to Hong Kong City one day in advance to play. When Qiao Mingxi entered the banquet garden, he was standing in front of the pastry cart poking cakes to eat. Seeing Qiao Mingxi, he quickly dragged him over.

"Where's your sister?" Shen Jiaen asked inarticulately while eating the cake.

"I went to talk to Brother Feng." Qiao Mingxi said, looking at the cake on Shen Jiaen's plate, "Is it delicious?"

"It's pretty sweet." Shen Jiaen said, "Bring you a piece?"

Qiao Mingxi shook his head, and Shen Jiaen said again: "It's too scary, I think at least half of the entertainment industry has come today, have you seen He Xingzhou?"

He Xingzhou is also a legend in the entertainment industry. Fifteen years ago, the entertainment industry was almost dominated by gangsters in the Hong Kong city. The so-called actors and stars were just dolls in glamorous clothes.He Xingzhou took the Best Actor right after his debut, but there were no bad rumors, and he stood at the top of the movie circle unimpeded all the way.With the top resources behind him, no one knows who is behind him.

"Male gods really don't grow old." Shen Jiaen finished eating the cake, and went to pick up fruit to eat, "I want to look so good when I'm old."

"Then don't eat it." Seeing that his cheeks were puffed up, Qiao Mingxi hesitated and stopped, "Sister Na wants to scold someone."

Shen Jiaen reluctantly swallowed the last small apple: "Don't mention it, I have to swim next week's show, I really don't want to go at all, the next guest will be brother Xue Qiao, with his figure, I'll be a stick next to him."

Hearing Xue Qiao's name, Qiao Mingxi remembered that he still owed him a formal thank you: "Has he come?"

"Who? Brother Xue Qiao?" Shen Jiaen asked, "I don't know, he might not necessarily come, I haven't heard that he and Mr. Huo have any intersection."

While the two were talking, Qiao Mingxi glanced at the entrance of the garden inadvertently, and met the eyes of the person who was walking in. He was taken aback, and slowly looked away.

But the person who came had already seen him, turned his head and said something to his companion beside him, and walked towards him gracefully.

Qiao Mingxi turned to leave, but she walked over quickly.

"Mingxi."

Qiao Mingxi raised his head and looked at the face of the person who came.

This is an elderly woman. Even with proper maintenance, the corners of her eyes are still densely covered with fine lines that reveal her age.

Qiao Mingxi remembered how this woman looked like when she was young, with black and thick hair, and a graceful and slender figure. The daily things she did were shopping and maintenance, and she sat in the garden at three o'clock in the afternoon and drank slowly. Tea.

But now she is old and cannot be concealed, and her nobleness and delicacy have disappeared many years ago.

Qiao Mingxi lowered her eyes and said softly, "Third Aunt."

The woman laughed suddenly: "Don't, I can't afford it."

The third uncle of the Qiao family teamed up with the second uncle back then to secretly create an accident that killed Qiao Mingyue's father and stepmother. Qiao Mingyue's mother and her father divorced early, but they were still involved in their interests, so they did not escape.Even Qiao Mingyue, who was underage at the time, would have passed away long ago if she hadn't been rescued by her stepmother.

Qiao Mingyue took revenge on the Qiao family members who participated in the incident back then. I don’t know if it was true that the marriage broke up or if I had a premonition. He drove out of Qiao's house without leaving home.

It was precisely because of this that Qiao Mingyue, who still had a benevolent heart, let the third aunt go.

"How are you doing recently?" The third aunt had a friendly smile on her lips, and looked Qiao Mingxi up like a kind elder, "I haven't seen you for a few years now, I can only watch it on TV now." is you."

Qiao Mingxi said lightly: "I'm fine, thank you Third Aunt."

"Of course it's good. If you don't have a good life, it will be so worrying." The third aunt sighed, as if she really cared about the younger generation, "After all, in order to stay in Qiao's house, I don't even want my parents... "

Qiao Mingxi's hands trembled, and he looked up at her.

The third aunt was taken aback by his cold gaze.

"Axi." A female voice interrupted the conversation between the two, Xing Yao smiled and walked in front of Qiao Mingxi, "Mr. Huo told you to come over, hurry up, go upstairs to the study."

Qiao Mingxi was taken aback, then turned to look at Shen Jiaen, who gave him a wink, he lowered his head, did not say hello to his third aunt, and left straight away.

Xing Yao watched Qiao Mingxi go away, turned her head to meet the eyes of the third aunt, and smiled at her, but the smile was a bit cold.

"Mrs. Wang." Her tone was full of sarcasm, "Mr. Wang is looking for you, go quickly, or he will be unhappy."

Qiao Mingxi went out of the garden and walked around to the small building at the back. It became clearer and quieter as he walked in. When he entered the building, there was only a vigorous old man in a black suit waiting on the first floor.

"Master Qiao." The old man bowed respectfully, "Sir is waiting for you."

"Thank you." Qiao Mingxi smiled at him, and went upstairs to the study.

He knocked on the door and entered the room. In the spacious study, besides Mr. Huo, Qiao Mingyue was also sitting in a wheelchair talking to the old man.

Seeing him coming, Mr. Huo in the grand teacher's chair immediately smiled and waved to him: "Mingxi is here, come and sit."

Qiao Mingxi sat down in the empty chair, Mr. Huo first continued to care about Qiao Mingyue's health, and then turned to look at Qiao Mingxi.

"Why are you so thin?" The old man frowned, "Filming has been hard recently?"

"Grandpa Huo, I'm fine." Qiao Mingxi said, "How are you recently?"

"Okay, okay, everything is fine." Mr. Huo smiled, suddenly seemed to think of something, and said to Qiao Mingyue, "Let your people report my name for the cargo at the dock, and I'll see who dares to order it for you." tripper."

Qiao Mingyue smiled and said, "I know, thank you, Grandpa Huo."

Mr. Huo glanced at her, then turned to look at Qiao Mingxi, and said with emotion: "Yue girl, do you know why I like you two siblings? I watched you grow up, and you have always been good boys."

Neither of the two juniors spoke, and Elder Huo said again: "Young girl Yue, you are as good-hearted as your father."

"You're joking." Qiao Mingyue laughed, with some self-mockery.

Huo Lao just shook his head: "Some people are not my age, and they don't understand that money and power are all imaginary. The important thing is family. You have done a good job in this regard."

Qiao Mingxi raised her head and glanced at Qiao Mingyue upon hearing this, but the other party lowered her eyes slightly, showing no expression on her face.

He also heard Mr. Huo say to Qiao Mingxi: "Has your mother ever come to see you?"

Qiao Mingxi was taken aback for a moment, hesitated and said, "No."

The hesitation on his face was a little obvious, and Mr. Huo said again: "If she really comes to you, don't be afraid, and don't be afraid of what others will say. In this world, it's not about who gave birth to you, it's about who treats you as a human being look."

Qiao Mingxi's eyelashes trembled a little, and said in a low voice, "I know, Grandpa Huo."

"You'll be thirty next year, right?" Mr. Huo asked.

Qiao Mingyue smiled: "Grandpa Huo, Ah Xi is only 26 this year."

"That's almost thirty." Huo Lao stubbornly said, "What's the plan for the future? I've done so many plays, why don't you bring back a movie star?"

Qiao Mingxi was a little embarrassed: "I'm not very good at acting."

"When your elder sister was your age, she was the leader of the party." Mr. Huo joked, "Boy, you should put your career first. The family can protect you for the rest of your life, but you also need to know what you want to do."

Qiao Mingxi has no impression of her biological grandfather, and there has never been such an "elder" in her growth path. Now listening to the old man's earnest teaching, she feels a little sore in her heart.

He smiled, looked at the old man and said seriously: "I understand, don't worry."